Skateboarding By shake up! 1940 skateboarding is born Period: 1940 to 2012 history of skateboarding 1950 The first skateboards came, which was wooden boards or boxes 1960 the first skateboards that we'er made by a manufactor came 1963 it's populatity peaked 1966 and then it's popularity dropped very quickly 1972 Frank Nasworthy upgradet the wheels 1975 The Zephyr team made an evolutionary boost in skateboarding 1978 The ollie was born 1980 freestyle stayed the same but skateboarding did become more influential 1984 the first skateboard videos came out 1990 90s skateboard, was mostly preformed in the streets 1995 the first extreme skateboarding games became a thing 1999 Tony hawk preformed the first 900 2000 Skateboarding become more mainstream 2004 "go skateboarding day" became